NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       ranlib - generate index to archive.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       ranlib [-vV] archive

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       ranlib  generates  an index to the contents of an archive and stores it
       in the archive.	The index lists each symbol defined by a member of  an
       archive that is a relocatable object file.

       You may use nm -s or nm --print-armap to list this index.

       An  archive  with  such	an  index speeds up linking to the library and
       allows routines in the library to call each  other  without  regard  to
       their placement in the archive.

       The  GNU  ranlib  program  is another form of GNU ar; running ranlib is
       completely equivalent to executing ar -s.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       -v
       -V
       --version
	   Show the version number of ranlib.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       ar(1), nm(1), and the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,  2000,  2001,  2002
       Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version  1.1  or
       any  later  version  published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
       Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with	no  Back-Cover
       Texts.	A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
       Free Documentation License".



3rd Berkeley Distribution	  2002-08-05			     RANLIB(1)